Improved knife and pork-cleaner



dni-ted gantes @wat @mitre HERRMAN WEGNER ND FRIEDRICH WEGNER, 0F WESTTROY, NE YORK.

Letters Patent No. 106,897, dated August 30, 1870.

IMPROVED KNIFE AND FORK-CLEANER.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettes Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknowu that we, HERRMAN WEGN-En and FRIED- RICH WEGNER, of WestTroy, State of New York, have. invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Machines for Cleaning Knives and Forks; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing forming a' part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the machine.

Figure 2 represents a vertical view of the same.

lhe same letters indicate like parts.

In the drawing- A represents a suitable boli; or frame-work for holdingthe several parts' of this invention.

We place within the said box A a shaft, g, which shaft runs from side toside, and in proper bearings placed thereon, in any suitable manner.-

- The said shaft g is feathered in its center, as shown in lig. 2, andcarries two revolving brushes, h and h', which brushes are circular inform, and have their bristles m, or other equivalent brushes, placedfacing each other, and just in contact, as shown in fig. 2.

The said revolving brushes are crowded together by spiral springs s s',coiled ontheir shaft y.

We place over a portion ofthe said revolving brushes It and It', a sortof drum, k, the inside of which is nearly in contact with theperipheryof the said brushes.

In the said drum we make one or more slots, a, tigs. l'and 2, whichslots are placed in front of the line of contact of said brushes handh', and are to receive the blades of the knives l'to be cleaned. A

'In use, the said brushes It and It may be sprinkled with flour ofemery, bath-brick, or equivalent polishing material.

'We also attach toy the shaft g, at each end of the saule; the. pulleysp, which pulleys p are to give motion to a pair of cylindrical brushes,q and g', by means ofthe bauds or belts .o o work-ing from around thepulleys p pon the shaft g, and on the pulleys 'r r attached to thebrushes q and q', and in suchv a manner that both the said brushes q qwilll'rcvolvc in the direction indicated by arrows in fig. 1.

The said. brushes q and q are placed in position so that their revolvingsurfaces will touch each other at Atheir point of contact. v

We place in close proximity with the contacting surfaces of the saidbrushes a sunken piece, t, which' we denominate the fork-holder, whichfork-holder is provided with one ormoreopenings, z, through which thetines of the forks u are. to be inserted when-theyare to be cleaned.

' We communicate motion -to the brushes h h and q q' by means of a' pairof cog-wheels, v c', the cogwheel c heilig attached to the shaft g andoperated by wheel z, 'propel-l y supported, which wheel vf is revolvedby a crank, f,.g. 2.

The several brushing parts can be made of bristles, splints, or othersimilar material generally used.

Withthis machine several knives and forks can be cleanedsimultaneously.

The whole is simple in its construction and not liable to get out oforder.

Having described our invention,

W'hat we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y A knifeandfork-cleaning machine, consisting of the brushes h and 7a', crowdedby the springss s', the pulleys p p, bands o o, brushes q q", cog-wheels'u c', crank j', the drum k with slot-holes a, the fork-holder t withits opening z, and all in combination and substantially in the mannerset forth, for the purposes described. i 5

HERRMAN WEGNER. FRIEDRICH WEGNER.

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